There were really interesting art pieces throughout the palace, and this one caught my attention. Cherubs on a battlefield?
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Hall of Mirrors
This hall was gorgeous, but HOT and CROWDED. You can’t see all the people in this picture because of cropping, but it makes the hall look much bigger.
Made of chocolate?
This bust makes me think of the one that Anna dances with in Frozen, that ends up stuck on top of the cake. It looks like it’s made of chocolate, but I guess that would’ve melted from the heat in this room.
Ornate
It is really difficult from these pictures to understand what it was like to be there. How crowded it really was, how small the rooms were, how grotesquely ornate everything was.
Corner
This is the corner of one of the rooms in the King’s wing. The candelabras caught my attention, but the really important thing to notice here is the wallpaper. You’re not allowed to touch it because it wears away over time!
Ceiling
I always make sure to look up when I enter a room, and I was definitely not disappointed. Look at the art on the ceiling!!
Statue and Bust
There were these little alcoves all around the room with statues. I wish I could remember whether the guide mentioned if the statues were there in the palace’s heyday or not…the alcoves would be a great place to have a tiny modicum of privacy. (Not that that seemed to matter, as the king regularly had visitors in his chambers whilst he was getting dressed, used the chamber pot, or bathed. I remember THAT because I remember thinking “ugh, glad I’m not the king in those times”.